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HST 101

Sorry, not the most exciting topic. But I get asked about HST – at a fairly basic level – at least twice a week….

Your Life and Business in the Cloud – Receipt Bank

Let’s say you are a business owner and on a daily basis you are dealing with everything from hiring employees to taking out the…

Free Money From The Government!

OK, that should generate a few click-throughs… Believe it or not, it does exist. But it’s not lying on the ground. And, as a…

The things I wouldn’t do if I waited for them to be perfect

I lived by the 80/20 rule long before I understood what it was. I used to think of myself as lazy and then I…

Christmas is coming…

… and with it, all the celebrations and family time that are the most important things in life. It’s typically a quieter time in…

Your Life & Business In the Cloud #2 – Note taking software

Evernote has changed the way everyone in our office organizes information that needs to be searchable. It eliminates our need to go searching through…

Brown Envelope Worries

Many people have an irrational fear of brown envelopes that arrive in the mail. I used to be such a person. But we see…

The Benefits of Having a Vision – Zingerman’s Creating a Vision of Greatness Seminar

About 8 months ago my partner and I went to Ann Arbor to take the Zingerman’s “Creating a Vision of Greatness” seminar. It was…

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, Accountants are from….?

We all know the stereotype. Green eyeshades, pocket protectors, etc. It’s safe to say that accountants don’t have a reputation for being people you’d…